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7.8

Random restarts, random error codes

Asked by pbbiii in Windows XP Operating System

For at least the last 4 months (my memory fails after that point), blue screens with varying errors occur - sometimes with great frequency (e.g., 3 times so far today) other times, once or twice a week.  The most common stop error is the 0x8E, but an occasional 0xD1 (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL) error occurs.  

I can't seem to locate a pattern of events leading to the errors.

Today, I received three 0x8E errors:  (0x00000005, F7408D6B, B677194C, 0) with the driver SR.SYS indicated and upon subsequent reboot, the windows troubleshooter indicated that I had a CPU failure.
Another was 0x8E (0xC0000010, 0xBA2F1228, F78A2E30,0) NV4_MINI.SYS and the last was 0x8E (didn't write down the parameters) with the driver name being win32k.sys.

I've done a fair amount of troubleshooting over the past several months including format and reinstall of all software.

I've run the microsoft memtest overnight with no errors found.
I've used the debug and symbol libraries with no luck in identifying anything other than I either have a memory problem, a device driver problem, etc.

I have created an everest home edition report (all 133 pages) on my system and if that is of any value, I can send it.  But at the bottom are a few pages that provide the high level view of the computer (motherboard, drives, peripherals, bios, etc).

I've created two other windows installations on this computer - one on a FAT32 drive in case I have to deal with a stop 0x24 issue again, and another on a NTFS drive that has almost nothing installed but gives me access to the internet, etc to recover from worst case scenarios (hopefully).  I have not had either of these two fail, but I've also never used either of them extensively.

What do I do now?  

Everest Report=================Here is the quick and dirty:
Operating System                                  Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
      Operating System                                  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
      OS Service Pack                                   Service Pack 1
      Internet Explorer                                 6.0.2800.1106 (IE 6.0 SP1)
      DirectX                                           4.09.00.0902 (DirectX 9.0b)

 Motherboard:
      CPU Type                                          Intel Pentium 4A, 2000 MHz (20 x 100)
      Motherboard Name                                  VIA P4PB 400  (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 3 DIMM, Audio, LAN)
      Motherboard Chipset                               VIA VT8754 Apollo P4X400
      System Memory                                     1536 MB  (Virtual Channel DDR SDRAM)
      BIOS Type                                         Award (03/13/03)
      Communication Port                                Communications Port (COM1)
      Communication Port                                Communications Port (COM2)
      Communication Port                                Printer Port (LPT1)

    Display:
      Video Adapter                                     NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600  (128 MB)
      3D Accelerator                                    nVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
      Monitor                                           Iiyama Vision Master Pro 450 A901HT/i90A

    Multimedia:
      Audio Adapter                                     Creative Audigy Platinum Sound Card

    Storage:
      IDE Controller                                    VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
      Floppy Drive                                      Floppy disk drive
      Disk Drive                                        Maxtor 6Y120P0  (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
      Disk Drive                                        MAXTOR 6L040L2  (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
      Disk Drive                                        Maxtor 4G120J6  (120 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
      Optical Drive                                     PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-104  (DVD:2x/1x/6x, CD:8x/4x/24x DVD-RW)
      SMART Hard Disks Status                           OK

    Partitions:
      C: (NTFS)                                         117239 MB (67375 MB free)
      D: (NTFS)                                         117239 MB (43895 MB free)
      E: (FAT32)                                        22392 MB (16353 MB free)
      F: (NTFS)                                         15766 MB (10054 MB free)

    Input:
      Keyboard                                          Easy Internet Keyboard
      Keyboard                                          Logitech HID-Compliant Keyboard
      Mouse                                             HID-compliant mouse
      Mouse                                             HID-compliant mouse

    Network:
      Network Adapter                                   MAC Bridge Miniport - Packet Scheduler Miniport  (169.254.14.237)
      Network Adapter                                   VIA Rhine III Management Adapter  (192.168.1.111)

    Peripherals:
      Printer                                           Adobe PDF
      Printer                                           Epson Stylus COLOR 1160 ESC/P 2
      Printer                                           EPSON Stylus COLOR 1160
      USB1 Controller                                   VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
      USB1 Controller                                   VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
      USB1 Controller                                   VIA VT83C572 PCI-USB Controller
      USB2 Controller                                   VIA USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
      USB Device                                        EPSON Perfection1640
      USB Device                                        Logitech Cordless Dual USB Mouse & iTouch Keys
      USB Device                                        Logitech Cordless USB Keyboard
      USB Device                                        USB Composite Device
      USB Device                                        USB Printing Support

    BIOS Properties:
      Vendor                                            Award Software International, Inc.
      Version                                           6.00 PG
      Release Date                                      03/13/2003
      Size                                              256 KB
      Boot Devices                                      Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP, LS-120
      Capabilities                                      Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD
      Supported Standards                               DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP
      Expansion Capabilities                            ISA, PCI, AGP, USB

    System Properties:
      Manufacturer                                      VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
      Product                                           P4X400-8235
      Wake-Up Type                                      Power Switch

    Motherboard Properties:
      Product                                           P4PB 400

    Processor Properties:
      Manufacturer                                      Intel
      Version                                           Intel Pentium(R) 4
      External Clock                                    100 MHz
      Maximum Clock                                     3000 MHz
      Current Clock                                     2000 MHz
      Type                                              Central Processor
      Status                                            Enabled
      Upgrade                                           ZIF
      Socket Designation                                Socket 478
    CPU Properties:
      CPU Type                                          Intel Pentium 4A
      CPU Alias                                         Northwood, A80532
      CPU Stepping                                      B0
      Engineering Sample                                No
      CPUID CPU Name                                    Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz
      CPUID Revision                                    0F24h

    CPU Speed:
      CPU Clock                                         2005.69 MHz  (original: 2000 MHz)
      CPU Multiplier                                    20.0x
      CPU FSB                                           100.28 MHz  (original: 100 MHz)
      Memory Bus                                        133.71 MHz

    CPU Cache:
      L1 Trace Cache                                    12K Instructions
      L1 Data Cache                                     8 KB
      L2 Cache                                          512 KB (On-Die, ATC, Full-Speed)

    Motherboard Properties:
      Motherboard ID                                    03/13/2003-P4X400-8235-6A6LXV5AC-00
      Motherboard Name                                  VIA P4PB 400  (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 3 DIMM, Audio, LAN)

    Chipset Properties:
      Motherboard Chipset                               VIA VT8754 Apollo P4X400
      In-Order Queue Depth                              12
      CAS Latency (CL)                                  2.5T
      RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD)                           3T
      RAS Precharge (tRP)                               3T
      RAS Active Time (tRAS)                            6T

    SPD Memory Modules:
      Kingston KVR266X64C25/512                         512 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (CL 2.5 @ 133 MHz) (CL 2.0 @ 100 MHz)
      Micron Tech. 16VDDT6464AG-265B1                   512 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (CL 2.5 @ 133 MHz) (CL 2.0 @ 100 MHz)
      Kingston KVR266X64C25/512                         512 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (CL 2.5 @ 133 MHz) (CL 2.0 @ 100 MHz)

    BIOS Properties:
      System BIOS Date                                  03/13/03
      Video BIOS Date                                   04/03/03
      Award BIOS Type                                   Phoenix-Award BIOS v6.00PG
      Award BIOS Message                                Model: P4PB 400   BIOS revision: 1.13a
      DMI BIOS Version                                  6.00 PG

    Graphics Processor Properties:
      DirectX                                           4.09.00.0902 (DirectX 9.0b)
      Video Adapter                                     nVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 (MSI FX5600)
      GPU Code Name                                     NV31 (AGP 10DE / 0312, Rev A1)
      GPU Clock                                         270 MHz
      Memory Clock                                      276 MHz

    Sensor Properties:
      Tsystem                                           25 °C  (77 °F)
      Tcpu                                              33 °C  (91 °F)
      Fcpu                                              8438 RPM
      Vcore                                             1.47 V
      V2.5                                              2.50 V
      Vio                                               3.31 V
 [ NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 ]

    Video Adapter Properties:
      Device Description                                NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
      Adapter String                                    GeForce FX 5600
      BIOS String                                       Version 4.31.20.26.02
      Chip Type                                         GeForce FX 5600
      DAC Type                                          Integrated RAMDAC
      Installed Drivers                                 nv4_disp (6.14.10.5672 - nVIDIA Detonator 56.72)
      Memory Size                                       128 MB




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